Singaporean worker fired after washing shoes in coffee shop sink

An employee at a hospital food court stall in Singapore has been sacked after video of her washing her shoes in the shop's sink was posted online.

Posted to Facebook on Sunday by Queenie Here, the video shows an employee of Singaporean coffee and dessert chain Kopitiam washing her rubber shoes in a food preparation sink.

After washing her shoes, the worker then puts the brush she was using back into a brush holder next to the sink, which contained knives used in food preparation.

"It is obvious from the video that like many under-educated and underpaid staff working in such eateries, she did not understand the need to maintain proper hygiene or how to safeguard the health of customers," The Rakyat Post wrote.

The Kopitiam location where the video was filmed is at the National University Hospital.

In a post on its Facebook page on Tuesday, Kopitiam confirmed it had fired the employee and apologised for the incident.

"With regard to the incident in our food court located at NUH, we would like to apologise for this unpleasant encounter. Please be assured that we take this matter seriously," the company wrote.